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Articles in Jan, 2007 issue of African Business

• The benefits of liberalisation: ICT and development
  by Maxwell Chanakire
• Africa's top banks: CRDB Bank correction
  by Tully Esther Mwambapa
• Global warming: conference carbon footprints
  by Rose Akul
• Africa's exploding cities: designing for Africa
  by Rachid Celestine
• Gold standards: purchasing offsets
  by Jasmine Hyman
• The Green Revolution marches on: a new initiative launched
  by Adama Diop
• Diamond beneficiation boost for Namibia
• Mandela throws PAP a financial lifeline
• Skills and investment the key
• Ethiopia making strong MDG progress
• China forgives $200m Zambia debt
• Banks must push Africa's green agenda—IFC
• Kenya's pioneering deal
• China could finance new Mozambique project
• Zimbabwe offers compensation to white farmers
• AB guide to African currencies
• Farewell to Kofi Annan
  by Anver Versi
• Africa's mobile revolution—the second phase
  by Anver Versi
• Breaking down mobile boundaries: Africa is the fastest growing telecoms market in the world as network operators extend their areas of coverage and prices tumble. The growth curve is predicted to continue for the next five years, reports Neil Ford
  by Neil Ford
• Key economic benefits of mobile technology in Africa
• The big players
• Jumping the gap: Africa's telecoms' shortcomings, its vast distances and poor and sparse infrastructure, could be its salvation, says African Business editor Anver Versi. The continent can leap-frog straight to cutting-edge technology
  by Anver Versi
• Matching fixed line to mobile success
• Neotel issues challenge to Telkom
• New licence for Kenya
• Etisalat enters Egyptian market
• Wireless revolution comes to Africa
  by Sean Moroney
• Africa on course for sustained growth, says AfDB president Kaberuka: Donald Kaberuka, president of the African Development Bank chats with African Business—Excerpts
• African currencies stay steady as dollar plunges: the rapidly-sinking dollar is bad news for Africa's exporters as most commodities, including oil are designated in dollar terms. On the other hand, African currencies are now far more stable than they have
  by Moin Siddiqi
• Energy and sustainable development
• Paying for the sins of others: Africa is virtually blameless in creating global warming yet the impact of climate change is likely to fall most heavily on the continent. Africa must act—but do what exactly? Neil Ford offers some suggestions
  by Neil Ford
• African oil: demand will remain strong
• Hydro: the cleanest option
• Gas: environmental windfall
• Low-emission alternatives
• Cape Town's V & A Waterfront sold: the sale of Cape Town's world-famous V & A Waterfront has aroused mixed emotions among the city's inhabitants, but as Tom Nevin reports, the pessimists have no real cause for worry
  by Tom Nevin
• And now for a car that's completely different
• Fuel fraudsters meet their electronic match
• Lap desks proliferate in S African schools
• Candle lights of health and fortune
• Eco-friendly cardboard coffins
• USB to knock the CD off its perch?
• Exercise vs the common cold
• Don't forget your curry
• Make mine muesli
• Eat a little, live a lot
• Sleep is the key
• Oil: Mittal and Addax join the fray; With an increasing number of Indian and Chinese firms challenging the Western majors for exploration rights, the face of Nigeria's downstream investment has changed forever. Neil Ford reports on the latest developments
  by Neil Ford
• 2010 Ad
  by Tom Nevin
• Waiting for the democratic dividend: DR Congo's first democratic election for more than 40 years must be judged a success. The result has been widely accepted and the conflagration that many expected has failed to materialise. Will this central African co
  by Neil Ford
• Battle for Mombasa port: the proposed privatisation of Mombasa port has become a political hot potato in the run-up to the general elections at the end of the year. Privatisation is certain to improve efficiency but at what cost in terms of jobs? Neil For
  by Neil Ford
• Indian firm set to run railways: it appears more than likely that an Indian railway management company will take over the running of Tanzania's railways. This could dramatically cut the cost of transporting goods, as Neil Ford reports
  by Neil Ford
• Avoiding an apocalypse: man's greatest challenge
• Hello Africa—Tell Me, How Are You Doing?: A Noble Continent in Painful Renaissance
• The Book of Chameleons
• Emancipation Without Abolition: German East Africa 1884-1914
• Sardines and Oranges: Short Stories from North Africa
• The Nile: From the Mountains to the Mediterranean
• Economic Integration and Development in Africa
• Greetings in Jesus Name: The Scambaiter Letters
• Peace, love and unity: the Iso message